Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor for real time calibration of dark current and calibration method
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Application No.: US17043755Application Date: 2018-08-29
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Publication No.: US11418738B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Jiebin Duan , Chen Li , Pengfei Wang , Tao Zhou
- Applicant: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTD. , CHENGDU IMAGE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai; CN Chengdu
- Assignee: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTD.,CHENGDU IMAGE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
- Current Assignee: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTD.,CHENGDU IMAGE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai; CN Chengdu
- Agency: Tianchen LLC.
- Agent Yuan R. Li; Yi Fan Yin
- Priority: CN201810486626.6 20180516
- International Application: PCT/CN2018/102890 WO 20180829
- International Announcement: WO2019/218528 WO 20191121
- Main IPC: H04N5/361
- IPC: H04N5/361 ; H04N9/04 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
The present invention discloses an image sensor for real-time calibration of dark current, including a pixel array comprises at least a pixel unit, the pixel unit includes a pixel photosensitive portion, a pixel dark shielding portion and a subtraction circuit, photodiodes in the pixel photosensitive portion and the pixel dark shielding portion are isolated by deep trench isolations, the pixel dark shielding portion are covered by a dark shielding layer; both of the pixel photosensitive portion and the pixel dark shielding portion adopt a same voltage and sequential control, a light ambient voltage signal and a non-light ambient voltage signal are generated and connected to both ends of a subtraction circuit to realize subtraction and dark current calibration. The present invention discloses an image sensor for real-time calibration of dark current, which can make the dark current calibration completed directly within the pixel, and can better cover the dark pixel part, so as to make calibration value of dark current and dark noise more accurate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210058574A1 IMAGE SENSOR FOR REAL TIME CALIBRATION OF DARK CURRENT AND CALIBARATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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